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watch what happened in baltimore as a retaining wall was feared to be giving way due to pressure behind it and someone started shooting video. >> oh my god! >> all vehicles lost, as their owners looked on. that was just one outbreak of flooding in the state of maryland. all together, this week-long weather outbreak affected almost half the country, over 20 states. some have seen record-breaking rainfall. we begin with peter alexander. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. days ago this was a quiet creek but as you see now, it's a rushing river. after several states collected historic rain totals in this massive storm. tonight there is a hole in the heart of baltimore, heavy rain causing the road to collapse, swallowing cars, and sweeping debris over this crucial east coast rail line. >> oh my god. >> reporter: tim rogers watched in disbelief as crews crushed his car and others to get them off the tracks. in maryland fed frederick lost 28 cars when flood waters went into his dealership and body shop. >> you see the dollars flying away. >> reporter: in this case floating
watch what happened in baltimore as a retaining wall was feared to be giving way due to pressure behind it and someone started shooting video. >> oh my god! >> all vehicles lost, as their owners looked on. that was just one outbreak of flooding in the state of maryland. all together, this week-long weather outbreak affected almost half the country, over 20 states. some have seen record-breaking rainfall. we begin with peter alexander. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian,...
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take a look at the radar, dc and baltimore under flood warnings. dulles airport has had their wettest april day on record, three inches and counting. look at this in baltimore, the heavy rain washed out this road, at least six cars tumbled to the railroad tracks below. it's being sered by this freaky blocking pattern that looks like a giant tilted s. the white is the moisture shooting up the east coast today. the best news, some severe weather this evening and that tornado threat is much lower than it has been the past couple days. another two inches of rain in spots and watches and warnings up in a dozen states tonight and tomorrow and brian, back here in the fish river, it's expected to drop below flood stage, that's 11 feet by noon tomorrow. >> we'll take good news wherever we can get it. mike seidel in alabama tonight. mike, thanks. so that's the situation in the east, and now out west. just as we were leaving los angeles last night, we felt the santa ana winds kicking up. today that meant fast and dangerous spread of wildfire. day one in the n
take a look at the radar, dc and baltimore under flood warnings. dulles airport has had their wettest april day on record, three inches and counting. look at this in baltimore, the heavy rain washed out this road, at least six cars tumbled to the railroad tracks below. it's being sered by this freaky blocking pattern that looks like a giant tilted s. the white is the moisture shooting up the east coast today. the best news, some severe weather this evening and that tornado threat is much lower...
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and a tense drama that played out all day in suburban baltimore after a pan rammed a truck through the lobby of a tv station if to you towsend, maryland. employees were quickly evac wasted as a swat group surrounded the building. a person with mental health issues was taken into custody after a five-hour standoff. things appear to be going from bad to worse for embattled clipper's owner donald sterling, trying to desperately hang on to his hooem team. what he said in a new interview and magic johnson and aids, his wife is reacting to her husband's comments. >> and i'm so sorry -- >> in a puzzleing at times rambleing tv interview it was a supposed to serve as hess public mea culpa, donald sterling dug it deeper with legend magic johnson. >> what has he done? >> he's a business person. >> he's got aids. did he do any business? i'd like -- did he help anybody in south l.a.? >> he iv. he doesn't have full blown aids. >> what guy goes to a city and has sex with every girl and has hiv. is that someone we want to respect and them our kids about? >> we watched that interview with sterling's es
and a tense drama that played out all day in suburban baltimore after a pan rammed a truck through the lobby of a tv station if to you towsend, maryland. employees were quickly evac wasted as a swat group surrounded the building. a person with mental health issues was taken into custody after a five-hour standoff. things appear to be going from bad to worse for embattled clipper's owner donald sterling, trying to desperately hang on to his hooem team. what he said in a new interview and magic...
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. >>> california chrome was tonight's big winner at the 139th preakness stakes in baltimore and also the champion of this year's kentucky derby, which means he's one step away from winning the first triple crown since 1978, the final leg of the triple crown, the belmont stakes is june 7th right here. >>> up next here tonight, one lady's fight to save the lemurs. why this lady desperately needs our help. >>> finally tonight, known for big eyes and cute dispositions, but here is a startling fact, lemurs are the most endangered animal and one is on a crusade to save them from the greatest threat, humans. ann thompson has more. >> sweetest little thing. >> reporter: they stole the animated movie madagascar. ♪ i like to move it, move it, you like to, move it ♪ >> reporter: but in real life, lemurs are under siege, captured on island of lemurs, madagascar dancing, and singing for real in 3 d. co-starring with these often acrobat primates, dr. patricia wright. wright worked to establish the national park to protect lemurs from their most dangerous predators, humans, who burn down the ra
. >>> california chrome was tonight's big winner at the 139th preakness stakes in baltimore and also the champion of this year's kentucky derby, which means he's one step away from winning the first triple crown since 1978, the final leg of the triple crown, the belmont stakes is june 7th right here. >>> up next here tonight, one lady's fight to save the lemurs. why this lady desperately needs our help. >>> finally tonight, known for big eyes and cute dispositions,...
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. >> do you have any comment on the lawsuit that was filed in baltimore today against your league about pain killers? >> i don't. i was only made aware of it briefly but i don't believe any of our attorneys had an opportunity to look at it. as you know i've been in meetings all day. >> reporter: the nfl remain america's most popular sport despite negative publicity in recent years about concussions. last year the league settled a lawsuit with players for $765 million but a federal judge rejected the agreement saying the amount is insufficient. some of the allegations in this lawsuit are eye-popping including the story of keith van horn, a member of the 1985 chicago bears super bowl championship team. he contends he played an entire football season on a broken leg and wasn't told about it for five years during which time the lawsuit alleges he was fed a constant diet of pills to endure the pain. lester? to. >> all right, ron mott, thank you. more bad news tonight for general motors. yet another recall to report. this time 2.5 million cars and trucks with potentially dangerous safety prob
. >> do you have any comment on the lawsuit that was filed in baltimore today against your league about pain killers? >> i don't. i was only made aware of it briefly but i don't believe any of our attorneys had an opportunity to look at it. as you know i've been in meetings all day. >> reporter: the nfl remain america's most popular sport despite negative publicity in recent years about concussions. last year the league settled a lawsuit with players for $765 million but a...
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california chrome is a big step closer to that goal after going all the way in the preakness yesterday in baltimore. but now as nbc's craig melvin reports, there could be an unforeseen obstacle in the way. >> reporter: as california chrome rounded the final turn, the odds on favorite thundered to victory to keep his triple crown bid alive. >> california chrome has won the preakness! >> reporter: only 11 horses have claimed the coveted triple crown, winning the derby, preakness and belmont stakes. the last to take the title, affirmed in 1978. but this morning california chrome awakened to controversy. what if he is not allowed to wear the nasal strips that she has worn in his last six victories? with belmont just three weeks away, trainer art sherman raised the possibility. "i don't know why they would ban you from wearing one," he said, "but we'll have to cross that bridge when we get there, i guess." new york racing officials would not allow i'll have another to wear them in 2012. that horse had already won the first two legs of the triple crown. he dropped out before belmont with a beg injury. ex
california chrome is a big step closer to that goal after going all the way in the preakness yesterday in baltimore. but now as nbc's craig melvin reports, there could be an unforeseen obstacle in the way. >> reporter: as california chrome rounded the final turn, the odds on favorite thundered to victory to keep his triple crown bid alive. >> california chrome has won the preakness! >> reporter: only 11 horses have claimed the coveted triple crown, winning the derby, preakness...
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tom costello, nbc news, baltimore. >>> and we have an update tonight on the first american diagnosed with that mysterious and potentially deadly virus called mers. the first time a case has been identified here on u.s. soil. doctors say the man who had recently returned from saudi arabia where the virus has infected hundreds of people is improving, could soon be released from the hospital. and despite concerns about the virus spreading, officials in the health field say right now for now it appears to be contained. >>> we're back in a moment with a relic of the cold war being blamed for a traffic jam that went on for hundreds of miles. >>> some emotional text traffic has come to light after the tornadoes that tore through the south last week. a young man named jeffrey hunter in arkansas knew that an f-4 tornado was bearing down on him and he seemed to know it was the end. he texted his mother, good-bye momma, it's heading right for me. she was 20 miles from him and out of danger herself. her repeated text back to him went without reply. his body was later found in the wreckage. jeffr
tom costello, nbc news, baltimore. >>> and we have an update tonight on the first american diagnosed with that mysterious and potentially deadly virus called mers. the first time a case has been identified here on u.s. soil. doctors say the man who had recently returned from saudi arabia where the virus has infected hundreds of people is improving, could soon be released from the hospital. and despite concerns about the virus spreading, officials in the health field say right now for...
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. >> reporter: this scene, a street collapsing after a heavy downpour in baltimore last week, is one example of extreme weather events that may be more common in the future, according to a draft of the national climate assessment. the report by a 60-member committee, including the defense department, the american cancer society and chevron, in addition to climate scientists, says the warming is primarily driven by human activity and predicts temperatures in the u.s. could soar by as much as 10 degrees by 2100. snow and rain in the northeast could increase by nearly a third. hurricanes in the southeast could be stronger, with some areas, quote, highly vulnerable to sea level rise. and wildfires in the southwest like the one near los angeles on thursday could increase with more intense drought. >> the drought creates dryer vegetation. >> reporter: fire chief chris donovan in monrovia, california, is already preparing. >> now we're finding with this drought condition that the fuel moistures are low year round. >> reporter: the report also outlines risk to our food supply, threatening cr
. >> reporter: this scene, a street collapsing after a heavy downpour in baltimore last week, is one example of extreme weather events that may be more common in the future, according to a draft of the national climate assessment. the report by a 60-member committee, including the defense department, the american cancer society and chevron, in addition to climate scientists, says the warming is primarily driven by human activity and predicts temperatures in the u.s. could soar by as much...